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| 2016 Report: 22 September | 23 September | 24 September | 25 September | Results |
2016 Daily Reports |
FIRST SECTION – CLASSICAL MUSIC | 24 - 25 SEPTEMBER |
Category A - Soloists up to 12 years of age (born from 2004 onwards)
Free choice programme lasting no longer than 10 minutes. Entrants cannot present programmes totally composed of transcriptions.  |
| Category B - Soloists up to 15 years of age (born from 2001 onwards) Free choice programme lasting no longer than 12 minutes. Entrants cannot present programmes totally composed of transcriptions.  |
| Category C - Soloists up to 18 years of age (born from 1998 onwards) Free choice programme lasting no longer than 15 minutes. Entrants cannot present programmes totally composed of transcriptions  |
| Category D - Soloists with no age limit Free choice programme lasting no longer than 18 minutes including a “Sonata” by Domenico Scarlatti. Entrants cannot present programmes totally composed of transcriptions.  Category E - Chamber music - accordion ensembles - no age limit Entrants must present a programme of their choice lasting no longer than 20 minutes.  Category F - Chamber music - chamber music groups with accordion and other instruments - no age limit Entrants must present a programme of their choice lasting no longer than 20 minutes  |
| Category “Premio” Category - Classical accordion soloists - no age limit - 3 rounds First round (24 september) Entrants must perform a programme of their choice lasting no longer than 20 minutes, including one (1) composition for harpsichord or organ by Johann Sebastian Bach. The programmes should demonstrate as much as possible the diversity of the original literature for accordion, drawing from the repertoire of the various national “schools”; at the same time, they should include pieces that are different in character, era, taste and style. A maximum of six (6) entrants will be chosen to go into the second round. Second round (25 september) A maximum of six (6) entrants will be chosen to go into the second round. The selected entrants to this round must perform a programme of their choice (different from their first round programme) lasting a maximum of 20 minutes. A new performance order will be chosen by lot and it will be the same for the third round. A maximum of three (3) entrants will be chosen to go into the third round. Third round (25 september) Entrants in this round must perform with the String Orchestra of the “G.B. Pergolesi” Conservatory of Fermo, conducted by Maestro Daniele Giulio Moles at the Astra Theatre at 5pm. They must perform the mandatory piece “White Shadows” (Rai Publishers) composed by Fabrizio De Rossi Re, and liberally inspired by the film “White Shadows in the South Seas” by W.S. Van Dyke (1928). At the end of the performances, the jury will declare the winner. The mandatory piece can be downloaded in PDF and MP3 formats from www.pifcastelfidardo.it 
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SECOND SECTION - OTHER MUSIC, MUSICA LEGGERA (LIGHT MUSIC), ENTERTAINMENT | 23 SEPTEMBER |
| Category H - “VARIETY” / Soloists up to 18 years of age (born from 1998 onwards). Entrants must present a programme of their choice lasting no longer than 15 minutes (pieces from the varieté, folk and jazz repertoires are accepted).  |
| Category I - “VARIETY” / Soloists - no age limit Entrants must present a programme of their choice with a maximum length of 18 minutes (pieces may be from any repertoire such as varieté, folk, jazz, South American, in published or unpublished arrangements).  |
| Category L - Groups - no age limit - of at least 2 people, composed primarily of accordions, or of an accordion and other instruments but in which the accordion has the main role. Entrants must perform a programme of their choice lasting no longer than 20 minutes (pieces may be from any repertoire such as musica leggera, varieté, jazz).  |
THIRD SECTION - WORLD MUSIC | 22 SEPTEMBER |
Category M - Ensembles - no age limit - one round only Category M is open to any group (with no age limit) including at least one accordion or diatonic accordion (of any model) or a bandoneon or a digital accordion, that should have the main role in the ensemble. Groups may contain more than one free reed instrument or with only free reed instruments (like the ones mentioned above). Entrants must present a programme of their choice lasting no longer than 20 minutes, including arrangements and creative reworking of pieces from the world music, ethno jazz, ethnic, folk and traditional repertoires. Original compositions generically inspired by ethnic music are also accepted. The jury will consider both the quality of the performance and the artistic project of the group.  |
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